sftpplus-api-example

This is simple HTTP server that exposes the HTTP API endpoints consumed by SFTPPlus.

It can be used as testing / proof of concenpt example to help undertand the operation of SFTPPlus API.

Requirements:

• Python 3.9

Create the run environment:

# First create a Python virtual environment.
virtualenv venv
# Then activate it.
source venv/bin/activate
# Install the required libraries.
pip install -r requirements

To start the server just run:

python api-server.py

Check command line options:

python api-server.py --help

You can generate a new self-signed certificate using:

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes  -days 365 \
    -keyout server-key.pem \
    -out server-cert.pem
cat server-key.pem server-cert.pem  > server-key-and-cert.pem
rm server-key.pem server-cert.pem

To start the API server in HTTPS mode use:

python api-server.py --certificate server-key-and-cert.pem